| Chapter No. | Chapter Title | Chapter Author | Page No. |
| 1 | Introduction: Foreign Aid and South Asia | Saman Kelegama | 1 |
| Aid Debate and Emerging Donors | | |
| 2 | Overview of Global Reforms in Foreign Aid | Indrajit Coomaraswamy | 21 |
| 3 | South-South Cooperation: Aid Effectiveness and India | rajiv Kumar, Michael Dickerson and Surabhi Tandon | 28 |
| 4 | Aid and Growth in India: Some Evidence from Disaggregated Aid Data | George Mavrotas | 45 |
| Nexus between Aid and Security | | |
| 5 | Pakistan | Vagar Ahmed and Muhammad Abdul Wahab | 85 |
| 6 | Afghanistan | Anneka De. Silva | 129 |
| Policy Priorities and Role of Aid in Post-Conflict Economies | | |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | Deshal De Mel and Anneka De Silva | 163 |
| 8 | Nepal | Bishwambher Pyakuryal | 197 |
| Policy Priorities and Role of Aid in Least Developed Countries | | |
| 9 | Bangladesh | Selim Raihan | 239 |
| 10 | Bhutan | Thinley Namgyel | 264 |
| Role of Aid in Small and Vulnerable Economy | | |
| 11 | Maldives | Hussain Niyaaz | 283 |
| About the Editor and Contributors | | 299 |
| Index | | 305 |
